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•	Maintaining system balance and integrity of multiple TSM server instances & CommVault Backup Applications for multiple clients. Ensuring successful database backups at all times. Verifying that all migrations and backup storage pools are emptied and completed. 

•	Analyzing and determining whether there is adequate storage space available at all times. Taking corrective measures for new SAN storage space via work orders if deem necessary. Formatting and assigning to their proper policy domains.



•	Daily overall checks on volumes, looking for tape degradation. Dealing with any failed backups and taking appropriate action, according to the details specified in AR-Remedy or Chorus or ITSM or Maximo or Infoman by the Helpdesk-ETOC group. 

•	Other duties including monitoring and troubleshooting of both StorageTek SL8500 libraries and four IBM 3584 libraries using the GUIs and ACSLS and Gresham consoles. Verifying drives and robots for any failures and taking appropriate actions with ORACLE support for hardware replacement.

•	Supply CGI’s monthly Volumetric reports for my managers and all concerned parties. These reports give accurate details of any data movement, being backups, restores, and backup copy pools, depending on their SLA’s for both backup applications.

•	Creating and maintaining procedures for all actions taken to resolve pertinent issues while respecting company policies and guidelines.

•	Do monthly on-call pager duties.

I worked 4 years in CGI Montreal IT department
Poorly managed from an employee perspective, compensation below market, no room for advancement. Duties increase, salary does not. No concrete training accepting every job anytime from clients, but not time to properly train the employees, only eyes on money and save costs.
And every good politics to save money, overtime not paid, yes they said it is their politic to save it (bank it ) up to 40h then your manager will ask you to take time off, you will be force to work statutory holidays and never get paid all you will get is a random day off. The salary is way below the industry standard, 16$/h while Desjardin, TD, Deloitte employees doing the same job were 25$/h
No carrier advancement for non-white, yes I said, if you are real Quebecois you get your way easily, and all the good comments are from them because they advance and get everything for less effort. From My VP, director, manager none of them had an university degree, but the employees had a Bsc to Msc. You have to know someone there to advance, a lot of family member of the VP were working there with no IT degree but were advancing at the speed of light.
 After 3 years most of my colleagues got depress and were on medical leave, including me.

Team environment was very good (among colleagues, and my last manager was good too, the previous was horrible)
I hope this will help you

There's never a typical day as a Proposal Manager at CGI. The projects change weekly, bi-weekly and bi-monthly. Employees are called Members which is to ensure that members of the company feel tied to the company's personality and results. The most challenging part of this job in Canada is the high-stress role and orientation to deadlines. Project deadlines must be set and met. Individuals need to have a high degree of patience and stress tolerance to be able to compete and complete projects on time. Overall the company is a leader in Canada, and has some great people. The company has a long standing list of managers which were promoted within - this is a double edged sword. The good news is, CGI insiders or members with history are kept and keep climbing the corporate ladder; on the backside of this picture is poor management education. Few to minimal Canadian Manager at GIS Canada possess an MBA or higher management education. As a result, GEN-Y culture within the company is low and the employee turnover is quite high. New talent is always being sought.

Started out great on a very experienced and knowledgeable team of 10 to 12 depending on workload. Then a new business unit manager assigned. In 12 - 14 months only one original team member remained. Rest of team with combined 75+ years with company quit, with some just walking out door. 

Manager eliminated all team's user contact and became only one attending user meetings. Manager started doing specs the way they understood things without collaborating with SMEs or developers.

One project I was told to make top priority, a couple of hours later told to stop work on project and late that same Friday afternoon I was told it was to be completed no matter what over the week end. Of course manager went home and enjoyed their weekend.  

Depending on what time of day manager talked to a user that user's project became top priority.   Very frustrating when you are juggling 4 - 6 projects at any one time with tight due dates.

You do not treat experienced professionals this way.

Raises are non-existent, 11/2 - 2 percent a year.

I would only work here if I had no experience and needed to build a resume.

A typical day at work would mostly be resetting password and unlock user. Of course with the script to follow and within the allotted time. I learned that many companies do not sort their "LVL" of support the same way, at CGI a LVL 1 would very limited access. Basic troubleshooting and the most advances thing you could do is redoing a windows profile.
I was part of the social club also, but management did not like it cause i had to spend half my lunch break to participate and if the lines are too busy, you sometime have to make up for it with your break time.
There was a really good database, which i mean that anybody, even without IT experience could learn a lot and develop their IT skills along the way.
The hardest part of the job would be the pressure and monotony of restricted access. Even if you have the knowledge and skills, you cannot help the user because of the restricted access and had to pass it to another team.

The best part was the people, since i was part of the call center launch staff, we had a strong bond and even socializing outside of the workplace.

Awfully unfortunately for me, I didn't realize on the interview that somebody's - worst on Earth - pronunciation would become my curse.

All team members whispered behind that person's back.  He has a very short temper, so naturally the general atmosphere of fear and punishment is in the air ! 
With the "porridge" he's blabbering, he shouldn't survive 10 minutes, leave along 17 years in CGI plus becoming government employee !
  
I became the only one was blamed for being "racist".  
Absolute nonsense, swear my life to God !!! 
They complained to Public Safety, jeopardizing my career !   
So all my 30 years of software development experience (Microsoft, Java, JavaScript, Android, Python, Angular / Vue and others) is nothing for them ! 
        
Stay away from CGI in Ottawa, if your career, your health and future, your family is dear for you ! 
    

What is the best part of working at the company?
There are some amazing people who you can brain share every day.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not the company in general, but CGI is almost like a franchise business. There were parts of the company that ran by these "franchisees". In order to meet their short term goals to qualify for profit sharing on a yearly basis, there are short sighted decisions that can be stressful. You have to do it, but you know it's not the right thing to do for the company, and in the medium and long term, puts you and your colleagues long term wellbeing at risk. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
VPCS are like franchisees. They can have their own mini-culture. Your luck is with who you end up working for. Some are really amazing. Others...

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Half of time is productive work. The other half is ticking boxes that may nor may not be relevant to you.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent Culture and strong collaborative experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most challenging aspect of working at the company is a testament to the dynamic and fast-paced environment, which continually pushes me to enhance my problem-solving skills and adaptability

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment at the company is vibrant and collaborative, fostering a positive culture that encourages innovation and teamwork.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In a typical day as a product manager at the company, I engage in cross-functional collaboration, oversee product development processes, analyze market trends, and work closely with the team to ensure alignment with strategic goals. Adaptability and effective communication are key aspects of my daily responsibilities.

4 months as a PDO reporting to Program Manager providing project support tasks for 2 accounts.

Typical tasks:
- Creating weekly defect reports that illustrated the progress of the testing stage and identified areas of risk that required immediate attention.
- Preparing client presentation packages on a daily basis; updating project statuses, creating reports as requested by client or manager, communicating with client about project issues
- Attend meetings with internal and external executives, preparing and distributing meetings minutes to participants
- Providing daily project support to my team as well as other tiers

My prject team at CGI consisted of friendly and hard working managers, often worked along other tiers and managers.

Hardest part of the job was also the most enjoyable and rewarding which was that it was often times unpredictable, client-centric and overall, required results-driven attitude to get things done on short-notice.

Working for CGI in the beginning can be a very positive professional challenge for any individual, however as time goes by you really start to learn the in’s and out’s of how things work, around there, and then you start to notice how much favouritism there is within the senior leadership team.  Your job is never secure if you’re not high up on the totem pole and even then you’re at risk.  You will always feel that uncertainty as to when/if you will be replaced.  Some of the senior management at CGI can be fair when it comes to workload and expectations, but they are few and far between.  With favouritism, politics, and the lack of leadership there I’d say look elsewhere.  In way of salary; it’s low for what you’re expected to do.  Work life balance is average, but I also know that people have accumulated so much vacation time because they’re never given an opportunity to take time off because the job just won’t permit it = work overload.

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